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German black/death metal band from Berlin, formed in 2024. They bring savage black/death metal to the capital's underground.
Bong of Depression is a Brazilian doom, black metal, and drone project formed in 2024, with member Niili handling instruments alongside drummer Guna. The project released a split with Mourning Souls through Podreira Records in January 2024 and followed it with the full-length 'Æternal Doomed' in August 2024, exploring bleak atmospheres across drone, doom, and dark ambient terrain.
German post-black metal band from Munich, formed in 2017. Named after a French greeting to sadness, they merge black metal intensity with post-rock atmospherics and melancholic introspection.
Otley-based death metal act active since 2020, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
Antalya-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2020, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
Swiss industrial black metal duo from Lausanne, led by Bornyhake, active since 1998 and performing in French. Their catalog spanning over two decades blends cold, harsh black metal with synthetic and electronic layers, including the 2025 album "Renaitre de ses Fanges" and numerous prior releases.
German black metal project formed in 2018. They deliver atmospheric black metal with a dark, insular vision.
Norwegian raw black metal project active since 2023, burying its compositions beneath layers of caustic distortion and lo-fi haze. Their uncompromising approach to production channels the most primitive currents of the second wave.
Arezzo-based death metal act active since 2015, trafficking in the genre's essential currency of guttural vocals, down-tuned riffs, and relentless percussive punishment. Their compositions deliver uncompromising heaviness rooted in the old-school tradition.
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